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/** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.hadoop.fs; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience; import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability; /** This interface for flush/sync operation. */ @InterfaceAudience.Public @InterfaceStability.Evolving public interface Syncable { /** Flush out the data in client's user buffer. After the return of * this call, new readers will see the data. * @throws IOException if any error occurs */ public void hflush() throws IOException; /** Similar to posix fsync, flush out the data in client's user buffer * all the way to the disk device (but the disk may have it in its cache). * @throws IOException if error occurs */ public void hsync() throws IOException; }